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Why Choose Us?

Our nomination for the prestigious Louisiana Le Cajun awards - the Cajun Grammy - speaks clearer than we can . Our band members have all played in some of the most prestigious venues in Louisiana and are steeped in Cajun culture and music - two virtually live there and one is an honorary member of a Cajun music family. The only thing more Cajun is a Cajun!

In Carol Wilson we have one of the finest female Cajun singers this side of the Atlantic. Phil has been taught by and played with some of the greatest Cajun musicians around, Jim has studied the fiddle playing of Dennis McGee and both he and our guitarist Simon accompanied the great Eddie LeJeune (right) during his last European tour .

Two of us are experienced Cajun dance teachers and we can offer a Cajun dance workshop separately or as part of a package. The band has a high quality PA (Spirit mixer, Peavey speakers, Shure/AT mikes, Laney monitors) suitable for small to medium venues. We get to our gigs on time, we don't drink too much on stage, we are polite to the sound engineers and we play our socks off.

What Events can we Play?

We play for dance clubs, arts centres, town centres, festivals, weddings, corporate events, private parties, in fact anything anywhere in Britain, Europe, Louisiana or the world. We've played at a monastery and Phil once played with a previous band in the hold of the Cutty Sark clipper ship to an audience of ships' figureheads!

Listen to a clip: Les Cajuns et Les Anglais

Contact us for all of your Cajun and Creole music and dance needs

Band Manager: Phil Underwood
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Some highlights from our CV:

Trowbridge Village Folk Festival

Airplay on Radio WRIR (wrir.org), Richmond, Virinia

Gloucester Cajun and Zydeco Festival (x2)

Saulieu (France) "Nuits Cajuns" Cajun and Zydeco Festival (x2)

Bury National Cajun and Zydeco Festival (with Chris Jagger)

Vermilionville Acadian Village, Lafayette, Louisiana (x2)

Upton Swamp Jam

Eunice Louisiana Mardi Gras Street Stage (x2)

File Gumbo Cajun Club regulars

Rendez-vous des Cajuns TV Show, Eunice, Louisiana

The Great British Beer Festival, Olympia, London

Oxford Cajun Club regulars

The Unna Cajun and Zydeco Festival, Germany

Broadstairs Folk Week

Nominated for the 2000 CFMA "Le Cajun" Awards, Louisiana

Airplay on Radio 1 Andy Kershaw Show

The Hawth Folk Festival, Crawley

Airplay on Radio KRVS, Lafayette, Louisiana

Appearance on Radio KBON "Cajun Proud" Show, Louisiana

Appearance on Radio KEUN Show, Eunice, Louisiana

The Wilde Theatre, Bracknell (x3)

In addition, our band members have played Cajun music at the following:

Glastonbury Rock Music Festival

Creole Arts, Richmond, Virginia

Candy Apple Red, Washington DC

Jacob's Ladder Folk Festival, Israel

The Morse Festival, Louisiana, with accordion legend Eddie LeJeune

Glen Echo Park, Washington DC

Kaplan Town Benefit Day, Louisiana

Randols Cajun Restaurant, Lafayette, Louisiana, with fiddle legend Leo Abshire

Destinations Travel Show, Olympia, London

Brixton Festival, London

St Ives Festival, Cornwall

The Hawth Folk Festival, Crawley